I Do So Love Reading People Who've Never Been In Combat Writing About It Like They Know

The helos flying with impunity are doing so because the Russians have achieved LOCAL air superiority.

That does not imply that they've managed to get air supremacy.

Notice that those two terms are different, because they mean different things.

Air superiority can be fleeting and temporary, but it means the enemy is not flying where you're in control at this time.

Air supremacy is when the enemy doesn't fly at all.

AND NEITHER TERM HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH GROUND FIRE, TRIPLE-A, SAMS OR IADS.

Example: Coalition forces had complete and dominant air supremacy over Baghdad; but no control over the ground thus all the tracers...

You don't build your air-head into a contested landing zone if you know what you're doing and the Russians actually do know what they are doing here.